The famous St. Francis Xavier – one of the greatest missionaries in the history of the Catholic Church – ...

The famous St. Francis Xavier – one of the greatest missionaries in the history of the Catholic Church – died on this day. By birth he was probably Basque, a member of the perhaps the oldest indigenou ...

Roman Emperor Diocletian, one of the most famous, but also notorious Roman rulers, died on this day. He w ...

Roman Emperor Diocletian, one of the most famous, but also notorious Roman rulers, died on this day. He was previously retired for many years, living out his retirement in in the famous Diocletian’s P ...

On this day falls the anniversary of the signing of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpi ...

On this day falls the anniversary of the signing of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production, and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction. The convention ...

One of the worst environmental and human disasters in history happened on this day. In the city of Bhopal ...

One of the worst environmental and human disasters in history happened on this day. In the city of Bhopal in India, toxic gas leaked from a plant, poisoning over half-a-million people in the area. The ...

The first successful heart transplant was performed on this day in 1967 by the South African surgeon Chri ...

The first successful heart transplant was performed on this day in 1967 by the South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard. Before that, he spent a few years experimenting with animal heart transplants. ...